The Cutscene Graphics in 358/2 Days Later...

[Tremolo]

I've seen from a few screen shots that the game play looks a little blocky. But that makes sense because it's a small screen and there are fewer pixels. But then we've also seen high quality screens for Days Later that are from cutscenes from that game and those looked pixel perfect. Just like PS2 quality.
So will the cutscenes appear all blocky like everything on the DS?

 

[Deleted member 71005]

The cutscenes are like PS2 cutscenes

 

[Tremolo]

Yeah but do they look that good on the small screen?

 

[Raz]

The cutscenes are like PS2 cutscenes

This. They look just like PS2 graphics. Like every KH so far.
And YouTube tends to stretch out the picture and make it even worse. The In-game graphics are also very good.

 

[gelandporn]

There's roughly 30 prerendered cutscenes that use PS2 graphics, the rest use in-game DS graphics.

 

[Tremolo]

Yeah I know all that guys. But there are far less pixels on a DS screen than a TV screen so I'm asking if that makes the cutscenes blocky like the normal gameplay.

 

[Raz]

Um, no. We just told you. The cutscene graphics are just like every other Kingdom Hearts game.

 

[Tremolo]

Ahh okay. That's a little hard to believe, but okay cool. Can't wait. Go ahead and close this if anyone wishes.

 

[Raz]

How is it hard to believe? If a Game-Boy Advanced can give out near-PS2 style graphics, a DS can certainly out do that.
If you really don't believe us, you can look it up on YouTube.

 

[Tremolo]

Yeah true, but even on the GBA the scenes looked pixelated. But the DS does have a larger screen, so yeah I'm sure now it will look really good.

 

[Orion]

I've seen from a few screen shots that the game play looks a little blocky. But that makes sense because it's a small screen and there are fewer pixels. But then we've also seen high quality screens for Days Later that are from cutscenes from that game and those looked pixel perfect. Just like PS2 quality.
So will the cutscenes appear all blocky like everything on the DS?

Days has like the best graphics seen on the DS so far, in cutscenes and in gameplay.

 

[Frozura]

Days has like the best graphics seen on the DS so far, in cutscenes and in gameplay.

I will admit on this I can't find a game to compare to Days, which means Days is one of the best graphics on a DS I have seen, with the detail of both the character, enemies and the surrounding area. It would be hard to distinguish it from the PS2 at some points. The cutscenes are excellent and I didn't even believe they were from the DS.

 

[Radon]

Days has like the best graphics seen on the DS so far, in cutscenes and in gameplay.

 

[krexia]

Yeah I know all that guys. But there are far less pixels on a DS screen than a TV screen so I'm asking if that makes the cutscenes blocky like the normal gameplay.

They sell episodes of TV shows like Pokemon on DS cartridges; the resolution of the screen is just fine. It's not the number of pixels that make things look blocky on the DS, it's the number of polygons. Prerendered cutscenes don't have to worry about processing polygons, and therefore look significantly better than the in-game graphics - as others have said, they're basically indistinguishable from PS2 quality.

 

[Beastly]

yeah, it is about the same as PS2 graphics. when you play the game, it feel just like PS2 graphics.

 

[ROXAS_32]

The like every one said you cant really tell the difference between the 358/2days and the ps2 kingdom hearts cut scenes... It in my opinion the best looking ds game by far, in game and cut scenes

 

[Mr. Wilhelm]

The graphics are great for a DS game, although I wouldn't say they're the best one on a DS game since some others game arn't bad at all (and especially for the prerendered cutscenes where some use CGI and not FMV)

 

[UltimateMarluxia]

i say these are some of the best ds graphics... correction they are the best. I think so

 

[zspek09]

I've seen from a few screen shots that the game play looks a little blocky. But that makes sense because it's a small screen and there are fewer pixels. But then we've also seen high quality screens for Days Later that are from cutscenes from that game and those looked pixel perfect. Just like PS2 quality.
So will the cutscenes appear all blocky like everything on the DS?

No. It appears blocky on some vids because those vids were not compressed to have high-quality. If you go on the official 358/2 Website, square-enix compressed all their vids to show you exactly what the graphics quality will be.

http://square-enix.com/kingdom/days/jp